Re: A Few questions about the DVXby Noah Kadner on Jan 18, 2010 at 4:05:47 pm

Not sure what a 'cold shoe' is. But I assume you're talking about a still camera's flash hot shoe as opposed to the bracket on top of a video camera. The DVX, like most prosumer videocameras, has a single mount on top that does not function like a hot shoe. It's generally where you slide on a microphone or a light.

And yes the DVX100B has a 16:9 anamorphic squeeze mode, though it it derived electronically, i.e. not native 16:9 CCDs. That said for standard definition, it's pretty good.

Re: A Few questions about the DVXby Noah Kadner on Jan 20, 2010 at 1:24:23 am

Ok btw I would be remiss in pointing out this is 2010 and buying a new standard definition camera is a little nuts. I'd suggest at least looking at an HMC40. That gets you into a really nice high-definition camera for under $2,000. Of course if we're talking a used DVX of course you'll be in for less.

Re: A Few questions about the DVXby Noah Kadner on Jan 21, 2010 at 12:03:37 am

Regarding 'film look'- yes the technology and gamma settings are pretty much the same. Panasonic has owned 24p in this market for years. Regarding final file size- that's kind of irrelevant. You can downconvert HD to whatever frame resolution and data rate you need and it's going to look better than starting in SD to begin with. But good look upconverting SD to HD without spending a few bucks to get to acceptable.

I'm not saying the DVX100 isn't a great camera. It is- but it's 8+ years old now and to totally ignore HD is not a good call for most businesses. Not when you can easily shoot HD, 2K even 4K with cameras that have been out for a few years now.

Re: A Few questions about the DVXby Noah Kadner on Jan 21, 2010 at 4:37:53 pm

Not sure what your definition of take it to the bank is but it all comes down to aesthetics. Go test these cameras out if you're really thinking about it. HD is not the wave of the future, it's a done deal already. 3D 4K+ is the wave of the future now.

Re: A Few questions about the DVXby Jim Bell on Jan 22, 2010 at 11:45:43 pm

Well it appears I was misinformed by a "well meaning" salesperson... I was told that DVX100B was the ONLY camera that could synch the timecodes between multiple cameras and easily upload into FC timeline.

In looking at the HMC150 manual online I see that you can synch TWO cameras in a master/slave mode... This uploads conveniently into FC timeline I assume? Any differences in ease of work flow?

Also does HMC 150 master/slave imply that you are limited to a two camera time code synch? Whereas the 100B seems to have no limit on number of cams?

Re: A Few questions about the DVXby Noah Kadner on Jan 23, 2010 at 12:41:38 am

I believe it's the same setup as the DVX100- i.e. one master can have as many slaves as it wants to (no pun intended). Anyways, even if that's not the case there are many ways to sync cameras.

For example you sync them all with free run / time of day timecode using one remote to trigger all cameras lined up. Put all cameras on a counter and set it with the remote control all at the same time. You will get true sync on all cameras even when you turn them off and change batteries.

Re: A Few questions about the DVXby John Quigley on Jan 20, 2010 at 9:35:08 am

I Actually already have a High definition Camera, a Sony HVR-HD100E, as It was really cheap for me to buy at the time, It didn't matter that it didn't have XLR ports, however, now, more and more It seems that I need them.

Plus, I always ask customers if they want me to shoot on HD Tapes or on SD Tapes. About 99 out of a 100 times it's SD, due to the cost increase on the workload for downloading and editing HD, and the cost for HD Tapes.

An SD Camera is much easier and I will have two cameras, plus the DVX-100B is much, much smaller than my sony!